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Note: This originally was a talk given by Ryan Spilhaus during the Friday Chapel at World Relief in Rwanda and was published on his blog, Trying to Give it Away. To World Relief Rwanda, Before I left America I was not sure what to expect. As some of you know, this was my first trip [...]

Pastor Kayijuka taught us this song at World Relief Headquarters during our trip. Here’s Allan performing with his World Relief “Buddy” Kayijuka. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/3339045]

Well, we made it. After about 25 hours in transit and almost missing our plane in Ethiopia, we finally landed in Washington, DC. Immediately upon arrival we looked outside and saw snow falling, making us wish we were back in 80 degree Rwanda… We’ll be posting pictures and video and other stuff in the coming [...]

While you are reading this we are flying high over the Atlantic Ocean on our way back to Washington, DC. We spent the day today bartering at the Rwandan markets, which was quite an experience, and then boarded our plane at Kigali International Airport. Pray that we have a safe trip, and we’ll see you [...]

What an amazing trip it’s been! The past few days we’ve been very busy, spending time with the World Relief staff and some time by ourselves as well. Saturday we spent the day at Akagera national park, one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever seen. We promise there will be pictures soon, so keep [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day from Rwanda! Yesterday we met with the World Relief staff and gave them a taste of the American tradition of Valentine’s Day by giving them some cards and chocolate, along with preparing them an American lunch of pizza and pasta salad. Spending time with the staff has been such an encouragement and [...]

Muraho! Yesterday we spent the day holding an all-day spiritual retreat for the staff of World Relief. It was an amazing experience being able to pour into the staff who are doing such amazing work for God’s kingdom. We talked about building healthy interpersonal relationships and what the Bible says about our relationships. We put [...]

Muraho! Sorry it has taken so long to update. We haven’t had many chances to access the internet the past few days, but we certainly have been busy. Tuesday was spent out in the field with various World Relief Staff members at three different locations throughout Rwanda. One group went to help World Relief’s Child [...]

Greetings from World Relief Headquarters in Rwanda! The past two days have been absolutely amazing. Sunday we broke up into several groups to visit local Rwandan churches. I’m not sure how long you spent in church, but in Rwanda church is generally a three or more hour affair. We actually left ours a bit early, [...]